Walter Page 'Bung' Mciver

July 12, 2005

NEWPORT NEWS — Walter Page "Bung" McIver, 82, was born Jan. 12, 1923, to the late Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo and Julia Page McIver. He departed this life July 6, 2005, at Riverside Regional Medical Center. He was born and raised in Apex, N.C., and attended Berry O' Kelly Training School in Wake County, N.C. He also attended North Carolina College in Durham, N.C., and later Virginia State College in Petersburg, Va.

Mr. McIver was a resident of the Peninsula for more than 65 years and he resided at Riverside Regional Convalescent Center for the final five years of his life. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II and took part in the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, France. He was later employed as a postal clerk with the U.S. Postal Service and retired in 1976. He was a member of the Newport News Chapter of Elks, Pandora Lodge.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 13, at Trinity Baptist Church, 2900 Chestnut Ave., Newport News, Va. The family will receive guests from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, at the funeral home. The interment will follow in the Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery.